#3506 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Common European Yellowjacket

🇳🇱 Gewone wesp ·Vespula vulgaris

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Vespula vulgaris , known as the common wasp , is a wasp found in various regions of the world including the United Kingdom, Germany, India, China, New Zealand, and Australia. It is sometimes known as the European wasp ; the same name is used for the species Vespula germanica , which is also known as the German wasp. Another name for Vespula vulgaris is the "common yellow-jacket". It was discovered in 2010 that wasps in North America thought to be...

base stats

NL sightings 1,055iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 30,736iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 1,055 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #4 most seen of the bees, wasps & ants in NL.
30,736 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).